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TEAM TALKPaul Perillo tackles this week’s Ask PFW Mailbag: We’re on to Atlanta.Conference Calls Transcripts: Bill Belichick - Josh McDaniels - Brendan Daly.Patriots Foundation launches Super Bowl charity raffle.Sights and Sounds: AFC Championship vs. Chiefs. (5.41 min. video)Locker Room Celebration after the AFC Championship win over the Chiefs. (2.25 min. video)Belichick Breakdown: Top plays against the Chiefs. (9.27min. video)Patriots Right Now: Looking back before we look ahead. (10.58 min. video)LOCAL LINKSMike Reiss puts the focus on how the talented and balanced Rams offense will be a formidable challenge for the Patriots defense.Evan Lazar’s Super Bowl Preview: the Patriots match up well against the Rams.David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Super Bowl LIII: Patriots offensive line vs Rams defensive line.Zack Cox writes about the massive strides made by the Rams since the Patriots’ last matchup in 2016 Adrian Clayborn Jersey Salute to Service , when Jeff Fisher didn’t know the names of the Pats’ RBs.Doug Kyed contrasts the mega differences in Super Bowl experience between the New England and L.A.Zack Cox comes up with 36 things we might have forgotten about the first Pats-Rams Super Bowl.Matt Dolloff lauds the Patriots’ third-down offense that came through in the clutch.Lukas Weese (LastWordOnSports) Patriots mental toughness carries team to Super Bowl LIII.Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Film Review: Total team effort in Patriots AFC Championship win.Nick Goss notes Rams safety John Johnson III calls Tom Brady ‘definitely beatable’.Tom Keegan makes fun of the ‘Rodney Dangerfield’ Patriots.Ryan Hannable believes Tom Brady’s AFC championship performance gave us a glimpse into future, and he’s not going away anytime soon.Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Please, let Tom Brady introduce himself.Ryan Hannable relays Josh McDaniels praise for Sony Michel and why he wasn’t used much late in the game.Nick O’Malley passes along a report from Ian Rapoport that Greg Schiano has emerged as the top candidate to replace Brian Flores.Ryan Hannable tells us what Bill Belichick said to the Patriots in the locker room after the win.Joy Manning (BostonSportsChick) Was luck at play when the Patriots were saved by an offsides penalty?Joshua Schrock easily debunks the internet’s latest Tom Brady-Refs conspiracy theory.Michael Hurley explains why New Orleans has the right to complain forever about that brutal non-call.Phil Perry’s Patriots AFC Championship Game Report Card: Job well done by the coaches.Keith Pearson Patriots Notebook: Josh McDaniels’ biggest test lies ahead.NATIONAL NEWSRick Morrissey (Chicago Sun Times) Thank goodness for Patriots, the much-needed object of our hatred.Staff (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Super Bowl 53: 5 things to know about the Patriots and 5 things to know about the Rams.Staff (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Who are the Super Bowl 53 game officials?Sam Farmer (LA Times) Super Bowl LIII: Rams and Patriots really aren’t all that different.Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Go for It: Sean McVay’s Achilles’ Heel is his fourth-down decision-making.Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick on Aaron Donald: Pretty much unblockable.Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Patriots ran more offensive plays than any team since 2002.Robert Mays (The Ringer) Past made present: The Patriots dynasty still owns the AFC. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick followed an all-too-familiar blueprint...Greg Bishop (SI) The Patriots are underdogs in their own minds, and that’s what matters.Mike DiGiovanna (LA Times) Some overlooked plays from the wild AFC Championship.Andrew Joseph (ForTheWin) New angle of Dee Ford’s offsides penalty confirms the official’s call.Robert Mays (The Ringer) The Starting 11: The Chiefs’ loss was heartbreaking, but the Saints’ was devastating.Charles Curtis (ForTheWin) 8 Smart decisions that got the Patriots to the Super Bowl. 1. Retaining Josh McDaniels.Ryan Dunleavy (NJ.com) Super Bowl 2019: Patriots’ ever-changing running backs makes Giants’ Dave Gettleman’s ‘crock’ stance look wrong.Conor Orr (SI) Is the NFL just too hard to officiate?Move the Sticks (NFL.com) Bucky Brooks and Daniel Jeremiah preview the Super Bowl LIII matchup. (4.55 min. video)Adam Rank (NFL.com) Best NFL MVP seasons: Kurt Warner, Dan Marino lead the way. Zack Rosenblatt (NJ.com) Ranking NFL’s best QB-coach combos: Patriots’ Tom Brady-Bill Belichick Kenny Britt Jersey Salute to Service , Rams’ Jared Goff-Sean McVay, Eagles’ Carson Wentz-Doug Pederson, more.Matt Stypulkoski (NJ.com) Ranking all 6 current major NFL coaching trees: Patriots’ Bill Belichick, Chiefs’ Andy Reid, Raiders’ Jon Gruden | What about Bill Parcells?EXTRACURRICULARMichael McCann (SI) Will latest case of laser pointer usage finally cause NFL to take action?Gregg Senko (TheGruelingTruth) Overtime in the NFL. /Good read.Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Since NFL tweaked rule, most playoff overtimes ended on first-drive TDs: ”...there have been eight postseason overtimes, and five of them have ended with a touchdown on the opening drive.”Chuck Carlton (Dallas News) NFL overtime is a step away from rock-paper-scissors. “The future face of the NFL for the next decade or two spent overtime Sunday sidelined and yelling for a stop Authentic Cordarrelle Patterson Jersey , hoping for a chance that never came.” /Oh, cry me a river...Drew Davison (Star-Telegram) NFL will give overtime rules an ‘extensive going over,’ Cowboys’ Stephen Jones says.Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Coin toss would remain important if OT rule is tweaked.Michael McCann (SI) Don’t expect legal remedies in aftermath of Rams’ win over Saints.Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Rule 17 does not prevent Commissioner from taking action over judgment errors.Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Timing of initial hearing makes NFC title game do-over impossible.Week 6 Patriots vs Chiefs inactives: Malcom Brown OUT; Chris Hogan, Sony Michel ACTIVE In not even 90 minutes, the New England Patriots’ highly anticipated prime time game against the Kansas City Chiefs will be kicked off – and we now know which players will not participate in the contest.Patriots inactivesThe biggest name on the Patriots’ list of inactive players is Malcom Brown. The starter has suffered a knee injury during New England’s win against the Indianapolis Colts last Thursday and was limited all week in practice. With him out, the rotation at the defensive tackle position will consist of Lawrence Guy, Danny Shelton and Adam Butler Limited Jeremy Hill Jersey , with Trey Flowers likely moving inside on obvious passing downs.Some big names are not listed among the inactives: wide receiver Chris Hogan and running back Sony Michel are both active after being listed as questionable on Friday’s injury report. The same goes for tight end Rob Gronkowski and wide receiver Josh Gordon, although the two were expected to be active anyway. Furthermore, cornerback Eric Rowe returns to the lineup for the first time since week two.Also returning is defensive edge Derek Rivers, who fills the void created by the injury related absences of John Simon and Geneo Grissom.Chiefs inactives